Manga

Palais de Tokyo: Building Toxic Art in Paris

Frank Browning | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Harlequin, Picasso, Manga, Palais De Tokyo Opens, Contemporary Art, Paris Art, Cincinnati Art, Palais De Tokyo, Arts News

Contemporary art is no longer and can no longer be the special terrain of the aesthetic courtesans to remote powerful elites: it is the collective carnival gathering in which we are inundated by the sounds, sights and symbols of our current collective madness.

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Messed Up Manga Meets The Armory

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Haruka Makita, Suzukazu Suzuki, Ob, Manga, Hiroaki Sato, Anime, ARt Exhibition, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Mahomi Kunikata, Armory Show, Jnthed, Japanese Art, Slidepollajax, Hiruki, Arts News

Kaikai Kiki Gallery's exhibit at the Armory Show 2012 gives a colorful glimpse of Japanese contemporary art, including some pretty mangled manga. ...

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Seeing The World Through Manga-Colored Glasses

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Manga in Europe, Anime Art, Manga Art, European Manga, Rui Ricardo Travel Posters, Manga, Rui Ricardo, Manga Posters, Culture News

Japanese cartooning, or manga, isn't just Japanese anymore. Especially in Europe, where homages often rival Japanese creations in terms of weirdness a...

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Asian Comic Phenomenon Introduces New Generation To Wine

Comic Alliance | by David Brothers | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Drops of God in English, Manga, Wine Guide Comic Book, Asian Comics, Wine Manga, Drops of God Wine Manga, Wine, Drops of God, Food News

Sometimes, it's amazing what a little genre diversity can do. While most U.S. comics tend to be limited in their subject matter [Ed. note: COUGHsuperh...

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Made in L.A.: This Artweek.LA (October 10-16, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Pearl C. Hsiung, Ukiyo-E, Ad Reinhardt, Lecia Dole-Recio, Manga, Christopher Knight, David Park, Graffiti, Edward Dugmore, Mark Rothko, Gajin Fujita, Gegam Kacherian, Elmer Bischoff, Clyfford Still, Arts News

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Astoria Characters: The Young Man Looking for Love

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Heavy Metal, London, Industrial Rock, Astoria, Punk, Manga, Maki Hirose, Photographer, British, Astoria Characters, Girlfriend, Japan, Digital Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, University of Chicago, New York News

Maki Hirose is full of promise. He just turned 26, but he looks 16. He's so proper that he eats French fries with a fork and cuts melted cheese sandwiches into bite-sized pieces.

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Manga Doctorate? Fans Of Japanese Comics Can Earn Ph.Ds

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Manga Doctorate, Doctorate in Manga, Phds, Doctorate, Phd, Manga, Comics, Comic Book Phd, Japanese Comics, Japanese Comic Books, Weird News News

TOKYO — To earn this Ph.D., you need to hit the books – specifically, Japanese comic books. Japan's Kyoto Seika University said Tuesday i...

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Get Your Doctorate In Manga?

AP | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Kyoto Seika University Manga, Manga Doctorate, Kyoto Seika University, Manga Dr, Manga, Anime, College News

TOKYO — To earn this Ph.D., you need to hit the books – specifically, Japanese comic books. Japan's Kyoto Seika University said Tuesday i...

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Tokyo Maid Cafes: Where Cute Japanese Girls Slap & Spoon-Feed Customers (PHOTOS)

La Carmina | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Lacarmina, Manga, Kawaii, Maid Cafe, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Cosplay, La Carmina, Destinations, Slidefullscreen, Girls, Theme Restaurants, Anime, Tokyo Travel, Maids, Cute Girls, Tokyo-Japan, Slidepollajax, Maid Café, Japanese, Japan, Japan Travel, Travel Blogs, Cute, Travel News

At a Japanese maid cafe, customers pay good money to be pampered by cute, young girls in frilly costumes. The role-play goes pretty far. Waitresse...

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Tokyo's New Anime Rape Restrictions

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X-Rated Comics, Sex @Y:World, Erotica, Abusive Sex, Sexual Abuse, X-Rated Anime, Rape, Japan, Pornography, Fantasy, Shintaro Ishihara, Incest, Sex Abuse, Tokyo, Anime Porn, Japanese Porn, Manga, Sex With Minors, Video, World News

Tokyo is implementing new restrictions on the sale of anime films and manga comics depicting sex acts such as rape and incest, the AFP is reporting. ...

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Contemporary Art In Versailles: Addressing The Controversy

Takashi Murakami | Posted 05.25.2011

As my French counterparts explained to me many times over the frenetic week of press conferences, parties, and interviews that marked the opening of m...

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7 Signs That You Have an Internet Addiction

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virtual Girlfriends, Web Surfing, Japanese Love Pillow, Manga, Internet Addiction, Technology News

1) You have the ability to listen to Slate's Gabfest while simultaneously composing a blog post, madly consuming internet news and beating the heck ou...

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The Internet is Awwwwww!

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, David After Dentist, Twitter, Manga, Viral Video, Anime, Keyboard Cat, Sailor Moon, Skype, Viral, Moe, Facebook, Memes, Cute, Roflcom, Technology News

Before the Internet, "cute" and "viral" rarely shared the same sentence. Now, adorable is an epidemic.

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Overrated: The 8 Underrated Icons That Should Knock Out The Most Overrated Things Ever (PHOTOS)

Mark Juddery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Mark Juddery, Overrated Mark Juddery, Beatles, Sergeant Pepper, Overrated, Underrated Things, Broccoli, Underrated, Apatosaurus, The Prisoner, Bestsellers, Manga, Science Fiction, Sci Fi, Books News

Maybe people will calm down if I mention a few things that deserve a greater reputation, but have been overshadowed by the hype that has gone to baseball, "Sgt Pepper" and other overrated things.

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Turkey's Eurovision 2010 Song: 'We Could Be The Same' by maNga (VIDEO)

Will Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eurovision Odds, Turkey, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision 2010, Eurovision, We Could Be the Same, Manga, Eurovision Favorites, European Union, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Eurovision Lyrics, Eurovision Second Semi-Final, Ferman Akgul, World News

It's hard to identify anything Turkish about Turkey's Eurovision entry--and that's the point. The country isn't full of fanatics like scaremongers in Western Europe would have you think.

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Manga Publisher's Major Layoffs: After Nearly Conquering The American Publishing Market, Big Manga Retrenchment

Publishers Weekly | Calvin Reid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Viz Media, Books, Book Publishing, Japan, Graphic Novels, Manga, Books News

After years of booming sales the U.S. , the manga industry seems to have hit the wall. While the category is still one of the largest in the graphic n...

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